J-Bar Ranch Center for Experiential Learning

6/10/25 Because of a family change of plans affecting a couple of participants, we have 2 openings in next week's Horse & Reader Summer Camp. (June 16-20) To enroll, contact Buzz by phone or text at 559-308-2128, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Please share if you know someone who might be interested.

5/18/25 And now this kid is graduating HS! We wish him all the best!!!

Yesterday (5/3), just as our morning class ended, I noticed a message from a grandmom looking for therapeutic riding for her granddaughter. I’ve searched and searched and can no longer find that message. I’m going to attempt to respond anyhow, hoping that the sender sees this message.

While we consider all interaction with horses therapeutic, and we so appreciate recommendation of our programs, another local provider of programs, Happy Trails, might be the better choice. They offer both physical and psychological therapy with horses.

We will be launching Horse & Reader summer camps on June 10th. These are week-long, every weekday morning, 8:30-11:30 experiences that include riding, reading, and multisubject centers, as well as journal writing. I respond to students’ journals daily.

We don’t offer private riding lessons during the summer, since our instructors and horses need breaks on the weekends.

Our regular, once-per-week, school-year Horse & Reader classes will resume in September.

I hope this message helps! If not, please contact [email protected].

Thank you—and my apologies for this rather slow and general response.

Son Clay and Kendra were married in Half Moon Bay, standing on Texas soil that Jason Loveless had imported. I was so sad to read of this mass shooting in that quiet and lovely place.

7 dead as California mourns 3rd mass killing in 8 days - NewsBreak HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — (AP) — Seven people were killed in two related shootings Monday at agricultural facilities in a California coastal community south of San Francisco, marking the state's third mass killing in eight days, including Saturday's attack at a dance hall that killed 11 during Lun...